September 10, 2016
Africa: $30 Billion to Benefit Farmers, Strengthening Africa's Agriculture
Weiteithye Farmers Group in Mwala, Eastern Kenya, comprises about 100 small-scale farmers struggling with crop production, value addition and marketing of their produce. Read more »
Africa: Policies on Food Processing Necessary to Strengthen Africa's Agriculture
The African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Akinwumi Adesina, has addressed the challenge of post-harvest losses in Africa, while outlining the importance of policy regulations… Read more »
September 08, 2016
Africa: African Countries Urged to Prioritize Mechanized Agriculture for Increased Productivity
Limited use of improved technology is a major reason for low agricultural productivity across Africa, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has said at the ongoing African Green… Read more »
September 06, 2016
Africa: New Ways of Financing Are Crucial for Transforming Africa's Agriculture, Says New Report
Innovative financing is crucial for agricultural transformation, wealth creation and long-term prosperity in Africa, according to this year's Africa Agriculture Status Report… Read more »
September 02, 2016
Africa: AfDB Facilitates Digital Financial Inclusion of Small-Scale Farmers in Togo
After its success in Liberia, the African Development Bank is supporting another digital payment project in line with its agriculture transformation agenda. "AGRIPME" (Agri Porte… Read more »
Africa: AfDB to Host Seminar On "Reshaping African Food Systems"
The Agriculture and Agro-industries Department of the African Development Bank (OSAN) will host a seminar on "Reshaping African food systems: The role of technological and policy… Read more »
August 29, 2016
Kenya: AfDB Approves US $100-Million Non-Sovereign Guarantee Corporate Loan for Export Trading Group (ETG)
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a seven-year, non-sovereign guarantee, US $100-million corporate loan to the Export Trading Group… Read more »
August 23, 2016
Africa: AfDB President Adesina's First Year in Office and a Remarkable Transformation Agenda
During his investiture as the 8th elected President of the African Development Bank Group on 1st September 2015, Akinwumi Adesina pledged "to help build a new Africa with… Read more »
August 19, 2016
Africa: African Economic Conference 2016 - "Feeding Africa: Towards Agro-Allied Industrialization for Inclusive Growth"
Jointly organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the African… Read more »
July 19, 2016
Africa: Transform Agriculture Into a Wealth Creation Sector
AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina with Rwanda's Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo, at the 35th Session of the NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee meeting in… Read more »
July 18, 2016
Africa: AfDB Approves USD 14 Million for Its First Private Sector Direct Investment in Restoration of Degraded Forests Through Sustainable Forest Plantations in Ghana
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on July 13, 2016 approved a USD 14 million senior loan through its private sector window to Form Ghana Ltd for… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina Reiterates Women's Crucial Role in Transforming Agriculture
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina (first from right to left on the first row) at the opening ceremony of the 27th Ordinary Session of the AU Summit on 17th July… Read more »
July 14, 2016
Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB Helps Cote d'Ivoire Train the Next Generation of Agriculture Entrepreneurs
The African Development Bank's Agriculture and Agro-industry Department (OSAN) in conjunction with the Ministry for the Promotion of Youth, Youth Employment, and Civic Engagement… Read more »
June 23, 2016
Africa: AfDB to Host a Design Workshop for a Continental Risk-Sharing Facility to Boost Agriculture
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Senegal: AfDB Approves €15.7-Million Loan to Compagnie Agricole De Saint-Louis for an Integrated Rice Production Project in Senegal
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a €15.7-million senior loan through its private sector window to "Compagnie Agricole de… Read more »
Africa: "Feed Africa" - AfDB Develops Strategy for Africa's Agricultural Transformation
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved an agricultural transformation strategy for a competitive and inclusive agribusiness sector that… Read more »
June 17, 2016
Africa: "Africa's time is now": Canadian Government and Businesses Urged to Invest in an Emerging Continent
The time is ripe to invest in Africa and Canadian investors should look for long-term opportunities on the continent. This was the resounding message emerging from a VIP breakfast… Read more »
June 13, 2016
Africa: Speech Delivered By President Akinwumi At the 7th African Agricultural Science Week
Good morning Your Excellency President Paul Kagame ably represented by the Prime Minister, Honorable Anastase Murekezi, the AU Commissioner for Human Resources, Science and… Read more »
May 26, 2016
Africa: AfDB Embarks On Ambitious Plan to Ramp Up Agriculture, Create Jobs and Feed Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) plans to improve the agriculture sector in Africa by embarking on an ambitious seven-point plan which aims at transforming the sector and be… Read more »
May 25, 2016
Africa: Leaders Underscore Urgent Need to Create Jobs for African Youth through Agriculture, ICT, Industry
Africa needs to step up investments in skills development and promotion of entrepreneurship to create jobs for young people, African leaders and businesses executives have… Read more »
May 17, 2016
Nigeria: Scaling Agriculture As Development and Diversification Strategy for the North West Region of Nigeria
From Left Governor Tambuwal of Sokoto, Masari of Katsina, Ganduje of Kano, Ousmane Dore of AfDB, Badaru of Jigawa, El-Rufai of Kaduna and Deputy Governor of Zamfara State Read more »
May 09, 2016
Eswatini: Swaziland Secures U.S.$63-Million AfDB Loan to Finance Smallholder Irrigation Project
Swaziland has secured a US $63 million (ZAR 2.01 billion) loan to finance the second phase of the Lower Usuthu Smallholder Irrigation Project (LUSIP II) in the southeastern part of… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Enable Youth Design Workshop - Empowering the Next Generation of Agripreneurs in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), successfully organized the ENABLE (Empowering Novel… Read more »
April 13, 2016
Africa: The Future of Food
"We need to look afresh at agriculture in Africa as a series of systems, and to see it not as a way of life, but a business", said African Development Bank Acting Vice-President… Read more »
April 12, 2016
Africa: AfDB and Lita Invite Africa to 'Think Big' for Youth and Agriculture in Two-Day Design Workshop On Enable Youth Program
To: 22/04/2016 Read more »
